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For the rest of his life, Leon Trotsky would never forgive Canada It happened in Canada: This series on the revolutionaries, luminaries and criminals who have visited the Great White North, was originally published in 2014. The deadliest war in all Canadian history had just ended, but for 4,000 unlucky Canadian soldiers, another war was … Read more

‘It seemed, I thought at the time, an ignominious end for a famous movie star’ It happened in Canada: This series on the revolutionaries, luminaries and criminals who have visited the Great White North, was originally published in 2014 Only hours before, Errol Flynn had a drink in his hand and in his signature high-brow … Read more

Unlike Americans, Canadians never killed or tarred-and-feathered visiting Mormons, but many reacted negatively to hearing they had Christianity all wrong It happened in Canada: This series on the revolutionaries, luminaries and criminals who have visited the Great White North, was originally published in 2014 The harvest complete, the people of Mount Pleasant, Upper Canada, were … Read more

Johnny Cash fixed his gaze on his singing partner and blurted out ‘June, will you marry me?’ It happened in Canada: This series on the revolutionaries, luminaries and criminals who have visited the Great White North, was originally published in 2014 At a London, Ont., hockey rink packed with as many as 7,000 stunned Canadians, … Read more

After facing 25,000 people in Toronto, a newly emboldened Lennon returned to London determined to finally bury the Beatles once and for all It happened in Canada: This series on the revolutionaries, luminaries and criminals who have visited the Great White North, was originally published in 2014 In August of 1966, the Beatles had just … Read more

“I no longer feel like I have to hide who I am: an anglophone.” “Montreal will always be home … but the truth is I left Quebec in part because I just couldn’t take the language politics anymore.”Photo by Dave Sidaway /Montreal Gazette files It’s been 14 years since I left Montreal for the U.S. … Read more

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next Three astronauts have returned to earth after living on the International Space Station for more than a year. Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub, as well as Nasa astronaut Tracy Dyson, have headed back … Read more

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next This is the moment a group of thrill seekers were rescued from a broken upside-down rollercoaster. Passengers on the Super Loops attraction at a local fair in Ocotlan, Mexico, were left stranded upside down on … Read more

A male passenger died after falling ill on board the Jet2 flight to Liverpool (Picture: Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty) A passenger died on board a flight from Bulgaria to Liverpool after falling ill, forcing the plane to make an emergency diversion. The Jet2 flight left Burgas, Bulgaria at just after 1pm local time on September … Read more

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next Nigel Farage and Donald Trump made an unexpected appearance at the Labour conference karaoke on Monday, belting out a Grease classic in front of a cheering crowd. A quartet of singers donned masks of the … Read more